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GUIDE TfiROUGH MOUiNT AUBURN, |) 

SECOND EDITION, 

ENLARGED AND IMPROVED; 

FOR THE 

BENEFIT OF STRANGERS 



DESIROUS OF SEEING 



CLUSTERS OF MONUMENTS 

WITH THE 

LEAST TROUBLE, 




WITH AN 

ENGRAVED PLAN OF THE CEMETERV. 



BY NATHANIEL pEARBORN, 
Author of the American Text Book for Letters, Boston Notions, ic 



PRINTED AT HIS ENGRA.VIXG AND PRINTING ESTABLISHMENT, 

No. 104 Washington Street, 




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MOUNT AUBURN CHAPEL, 

BRECTED 1847. 




MOUNT AUBURN CHAPEL AND CEMETERY 

By Nathaniel Dearborn. 

This myslic Fane in Auburn's sculptured grounds, 
Prefers lo Heaven the griefs and suppliant sounds 

111 aid of our infirmity ; 
The chastened heart lo save, the mournertiheer, 
The message-promise from Jehovah hear 

Of bliss through an Eternity 
And here the bosomed relic of a friend, 
Returns to what it was, and is, an end 

To re-produce frail, dying man ; 
The soul is called to Jesus' heavenly slirine, 
Beatic essence of the mind divine, 

Communing with the great i am. 



GUIDE THROUGH 

MOUNT AUBURN CEMETERY, 

SECOND EDITION, ENLARGED AND IMPROVED, 
BY NATHANIEL DEARBORN; 

No. 104 Washington Street, Boston :— 1848. 



Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1848, 

BY NATHANIEL DEARBORN, 

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Massachusetts. 



MEMBERS OF THE CORPORATION. 



Jacob Bigelow, President. George William Bond, Treasurer, Office 39 Milk St. 
Henry M. Parker, Secretary, Office 27 State Street. 

TRUSTEES. 



Jacob Bigelow, Summer Street. 
Geo. W. Crockett, 1*2 Central Wharf. 
Charles P. Curtis, l(i Court Street. 
Benjamin R. Curtis, •' " " 
John J. Dixwell, 56 State St. 



Benjamin A. Gottld, 20 Union Wharf. 
John C. Gray. 30 Court Street. 
Isaac Parker, 2 & 4 Pearl Street. 
James Read, 2 Bowdoin Block, Milk St. 



COM.\IITTEE ON LOTS. 

Jacob Bigelow, Charles P. Curtis, Isaac Parker. 

RuFus Howe, Superintendent. 



STRANGERS can receive, on application to any Trustee, or to the Secretary, a permit 
to enter the Cemetery with a Carriage, any daj', except Sundays and holydays. 



]\Iount Auburn Cemetery was consecrated as a place for the burial 
of the dead, Sept. 24th, 1831; by an address from the late Judge Story, 
prayers from Rev. Dr. Ware and Rev. John Pierpont, with the following 
hymn from the pen of the latter ; 



To thee, O God, in humble trust, 

Our hearts their cheerful incense burn, 

For this thy word, '"Thou art of dust," 
And unto dust shalt thou return. 

And what were life, life's work all done. 
The hopes, joys, loves, that cling to clay. 

All, all, departed, one by one, 
And yet life's load borne on for aye ! 



Decay! decay I "tis stamped on all, 

All bloom in flower and flesh shall fiide, 

Ye whispering trees Avhen ye shall fall. 
Be our long sleep beneath your shade I 

Here to thy bosom mother earth, 

Take back in peace what thou hast given, 
And all that is of heavenly birth, 
O God, in peace, recall to heaven. 



The lot originally comprised 72 acres, but by an after purchase of 
38 % acres, it measures 110 3^ acres: the entrance gate on the North 
front of the cemetery, is from an Egyptian model, and is chiselled in 
a very superior manner from Quincy granite at a cost of about 10,000 
dollars : this north front line has an imposing cast iron rail fence its 
whole length; erected at a cost of about $15,000 : a splendid Chapel 
has been built during the past season, on Chapel Av, near to the entrance 



gate, at a cost of about $25,000 : and the Mausoleums, Cenotaphs, 
Shafts, Slabs, and Monuments of Marble, Freestone, Redstone, Granite, 
&c., which are there stationed, may be valued at more than half a 
million of dollars. 

The highest mound in the Cemetery is 125 feet above the level of 
the river Charles, which meanders by its south-eastern boundary; on 
this eminence it is contemplated to erect a tower 60 feet high, which 
will afford an interesting position for a panoramic survey of the culti- 
vated farms and varied scenery all around, it being then at an elevation 
of 185 feet. 

The usual price of a lot of 300 square feet in the cemetery, is 100 dol- 
lars, but if a choice be made of a lot not being surveyed, or not specially 
placed on the market list, the price is something more ; and if less than 
300 feet, the price will be less : the superintendent, Mr. Rufus Howe, 
who resides within the cemetery boundaries, will explain all the condi- 
tions and locate the various lots as required : he is a polite, gentlemanly 
agent for the institution, and any one desirous of any business concerns 
with Mount Auburn, had best go out at once to the Superintendent, for 
a correct procedure, and to save trouble and time. 

Dr. Jacob Bigelow is President of the institution, at whose house the 
first preliminary steps in 1825, were arranged for the establishment of 
this great, grand, noble and most beautiful spectacle : and he has never 
been faint-hearted or weary in his attention for 23 years, to the subject 
of furthering every object to constitute this one of the most interesting 
objects of public utility and beauty near Boston ; for the eye of a stran- 
ger to gaze on, or the reflective mind of man to dwell on : there lay the 
bodies of the eminent men of our neighborhood, and there lay some 
of our friends and acquaintances : it is a holy spot, and links itself with 
our being with a cherished fondness and satisfaction. 

The grounds are laid out to suit the hill and dale of the place ; pretty 
much in the circumambient manner that ancient Boston was laid out, by 
the cows making a path to the different watering places in the town: yet 
in this place, the involving line of its paths constitutes one of its most 
pleasing arrangements; but if a visitor to the cemetery is without a guide 
to the clusters of Mausoleums and Monuments, he may traverse the 
Avenues and Paths with fatigue and exhaustion, and perhaps see but 
few of its beauties : for if their lengths were measured in a straight line, 
it would be to an extent of 30 miles : when a judicious ramble of 2 to 3 
miles, will compass most of the interesting objects there to be seen. 

On page 6 is a faithful Guide through Mount Auburn, which will 
show to a stranger the most eminent clusters of Shafts, Mementos and 
Monuments with the least possible trouble or fatigue. 



"There's beauty all around our paths, if but our watchful eyes 
Can trace it midst familiar thing-s, and through their lowly guise; 
We may find it whore a hedgerow showers its blossoms o'er our way 
Or a cottage-window sparkles forth in the last red light of day. 

With shadows from the past, we fill the happy woodland shades, 
And a mournful memory of the dead is with us in the glades; 
And our dream-like fancies lend the wind an echo's plaintive tone, 
Of voices, and of melodies, and of silvery laughter gone. 

They hold us from the woodlark's haunts, and the violet-dingles back. 
And from the lovely sounds and gleams in the shining river's track ; 
They bar us from our heritage of spring-lime hope and mirth, 
And weigh our burdened spirits down with the cumbering dust of earth." 



REGULATIONS CONCERNING VISITORS TO THE CEMETERY 
AT MOUNT AUBURN. 



The gates are opened at sunrise and closed at sunset. 

No money is to be paid to the gate keeper. 

No persons are admitted on Sundays or Holyd.vys, except Proprietors and members 
of their household, and persons accompanying them. 

No refreshments, and no party carrying refreshments, will be admitted to come within the 
grounds at Mount Auburn. 

All persons who shall be found within the grounds making unseemly noises, or otherwise 
conducting themselves unsuitably to the purposes to which the grounds are devoted, will be 
required instantly to leave the grounds, and upon refusal, will be compelled to do so, and 
will be prosecuted accordingly. 

No vehicle is to be driven in the Cemetery at a rate faster than a walk. 

No horse is to be left unfastened, without a keeper. 

No horse is to be fastened, except at the posts provided for this purpose. 

All persons are prohibited from gathering any flowers, either wild or cultivated, or 
breaking any tree, shrub, or plant. 

Any person who shall be found in possession of flowers or shrubs, while in the grounds, 
or before leaving them, will be deemed to have tortiously taken them in the grounds, and 
will be prosecuted accordingly. N. B. Persons carrying flo\vers into the Cemetery, to be 
placed on any lot or grave, as offerings or memorials, are requested to notify the Gatekeeper 
as they pass in ; in every other case, flowers brought to the Cemetery must be left without 
the gate. 

All persons are prohibited from writing upon, defacing and injuring any monument, fence 
or other structure, in or belonging to the Cemetery. 

All persons are prohibited from discharging firearms in the Cemetery. 

The Suprintendent of the grounds, the Gatekeeper, and any other person acting under 
them, shall have a right to require his or her name from any person other than a proprietor, 
or a member of his family, who shall visit the grounds, and upon his or her refusal, or giving 
a false name, to exclude them from the grounds. 

The Superintendent, the Gatekeeper, and all other persons acting under them, shall have 
full authority to carry these regulations into effect, and shall give notice of any violations 
thereof, to the Trustees. 

[O^The Superintendent has the care of the Cemetery, and is authorized to remove all 
those who violate these regulations or commit tresspasses. Tresspassers are also liable to 
be fined Fifty Dollars. 

CCa'Twenty Dollars reward is offered to any person who shall give information to 
the Trustees, which shall lead to the conviction of the offender, of any tresspass done by 
taking or plucking any flowers, shrubs, or trees, within the grounds, or of otherwise injuring 
the grounds, or of any other offence against the laws and regulations, provided for the pro- 
tection of the Cemetery, and the monuments and erections therein. 



SITUATION OF THE AVENUES OR CARRIAGE ROADS. 

Beach, from the east side of Central, southerly, to Poplar Avenue. 
Cedar, from the north line of Cypress, southerly, to Walnut Avenue. 
Central, fronting the gate, south, to Walnut Avenue. 
Chapel, southwest, from Central to Pine Avenue. 
Chesnut, from Poplar, southerly, to Mountain Avenue. 
Citron, a short avenue, southeasterly, from Oak to Magnolia Avenue. 
Cypress, from Central, westerly, curving southerly, to Wahiut Avenue. 
Elm, westerly, from Pine Avenue, curving round easterly, to the same. 
Fir. from the second branch of Elm Ave., southerly, curving easterly to Walnut Av. 
Garden, east from the gate, curving to the south, and then to the east again to Maple Av. 
Larch, southeast from Poplar Avenue, curving northeast, to Maple Avenue. 
Laurel, from Walnut Avenue, northerly, and around Laurel hill. 
Lime, from Maple, curving round at Aloe path, again into Maple Avenue. 
Locust, from Beach Avenue, southwesterly to Poplar Avenue. 
Magnolia, at the southeast of Mountain, to Maple Avenue, curving northerly. 
Maple, from the east end of Garden Avenue, southerly, to Magnolia Avenue. 
Mountain, all round Mt. Auburn Hill, to Magnolia Avenue, easterly. 
Oak, from Willow Avenue, easterly, curving south to Magnolia Avenue. 
Pine, from Elm Avenue, southerly, curving to the southeast, into Cypress Avenue. 
Poplar, from the northeast of Central square, curving southeast to Larch Avenue. 
Spruce, from Elm Av. southerly, curving through the whole western extent of the Cem. 
Walnut, west of Central Sq. curving S. westerly, and then to the south into Moun. Av. 
Willow, with two branches, the 1st branch from Poplar Av. northeasterly, to Narcissits 
Path, then curving easterly for the 2d branch, to the south, to Larch Avenue. 

SITUATION OF THE FOOT PATHS. 

Ailanthus, it has two openings from Central Avenue, and two also from Cedar Avenue. 

connecting with both Avenues. 
Alder, from Poplar Avenue, northwest, round southwest to Locust Avenue. 
Almond, from Indian Ridge Path, southwesterly, curving into it again at the southeast. 
Aloe, " " " " easterly, into Lime Aveime. 

Altrea, from Fir Avenue, southerly, to Spruce Avenue. 
Amaranth, from Rose Path, encircling Harvard Hill. 

Anemone, from Orange Path, near Walnut Avenue, westerly, to Spruce Avenue. 
Arethusa, from Walnut Avenue, westerly, to Trefoil Path. 
Asclepias, from Spruce Avenue, westerly, to Fir Avenue. 
Astor, from Vine Path, southerly, and curving easterly to Ivy Path. 
Azalea, southerly from Spruce Avenue, and curving easterly to the same Avenue. 
Bellwort, from Orange Path, westerly, to Spruce Avenue. 
Calla, from Fir Avenue, southwest, to Pilgrim Path. 
Catalpa, from Indian Ridge Path, southerly, curving easterly to the same. 
Clematis, from Magnolia Avenue, southeast, curving northerly, to the same avenue. 
Columbine, from Spruce Avenue, westerly, to Fir Avenue. 
Cowslip, from Walnut Avenue seuthwesterly, to Spruce Avenue. 
Crocus, from Fir Avenue, westerly, curving south, to Spruce Avenue. 
Dell, from Ivy Path, southwest, around Consecration Dell, and from thence, through either 

of the two southeastern limbs of Dell Path, to Ivy Path again. 
Elder, from Walnut Avenue, northwest, to Spruce Avenue. 

Eglantine, from Spruce Avenue, southeasterly, winding into Fir Avenue southerly. 
Fern, from Walimt Avenue, southeast, to Mountain Avenue. 

Gentian, from Pine Avenue, westwardly, curvmg southeasterly, into Cypress Avenue. 
Geranium, from Beech Avenue, southerly, curving into Central Avenue westerly, 

and Beech Avenue, easterly. 



Green Brier, from Piae Avenue, westerly, to Mistletoe Path. 

Harebell, from Walnut Avenue, southerly, to Trefoil Path, westerly. 

Hawthorn, from Woodbine Path, and encircles Juniper Hill. 

Hazel, from Mountain Avenue, southeasterly, to Rose Path, northerly. 

Heath, from Spruce Avenue, westerly to Fir Avenue. 

Heliotrope, from Spruce Avenue, westerly, to Fir Avenue. 

Hemlock, from Poplar Avenue, southwesterly, to Ivy Path. 

Hibiscus, from Cypress Avenue, curving into the same Avenue again. 

Honeysuckle, from Green Brier Path, southerly, curving easterly, into Fir Avenue. 

Holly, from Poplar Avenue, south, curving southerly, to Ivy Path. 

Hyacinth, from Chapel Avenue, southerly, to Cypress Avenue. 

Indian Ridge, from Central Avenue, southeasterly, to Larch and Maple Aveimes, 

Iris, near Central Square, from Moss to Dell Path, southeasterly. 

Ivy, from Central Square, southerly, curving round northeasterly, into Woodbine Path. 

Jasmine, from Chesnut Aveime, westerly, curving south to Hawthorn Path. 

Lilac, from the northeast curve of Willow Avenue, northerly, to Indian Ridge Path. 

Lily, from Poplar Avenue, southerly, to AVoodbine Path, at Cedar Hill. 

Linden, from Beech Avenue, ea.sterly, curving to the south, into Beech Avenue again. 

Lotus, from Magnolia Avenue, southerly, curving northerly, to the same Avenue. 

Lupine, from Cypress Avenue, northwest, to Spruce Avenue. 

Mayflower, from the gate, southeasterly, by the first segment of Garden Pond, to Gar. Av. 

Mimosa, from Spruce Avenue, westerly, to Fir Aveime. 

Mistletoe, from the westerly curve of Film Avenue, southeasterly, and curving easterly, 

into Fir Avenue. 
Moss, from Central Square, southwest, curving southwardly to Laurel Avenue. 
Myrtle, southerly, from Chesnut Avenue, curving westerly, to Rose Path. 
Narcissus Path is all around Forest Pond. 

Oleander, from Rose Path, easterly, curving southwesterly, to Myrtle Path. 
Olive, south from Juniper Hill, curving westerly, into Myrtle Path. 
Orange, from Walnut Avenue, southerly, curving to the same Avenue. 
Orchis, westerly, from AValnut Avenue, to Tulip Path. 

Osier, from the northeast curve of Willow Avenue, east, to Indian Ridge Path. 
Petunia, from Oak Avenue, southeasterly, curving southwesterly, into Larch Avenue. 
Pilgrim, from Walnut Avenue, curving southerly, into Snowdrop Path. 
Pimrose, from Central Avenue, southeasterly, around the south side of Garden Pond. 
Pyrola, from Orange Path, westerly, to Spruce Avenue. 

Rhodora, from Larch Avenue, southerly, curving to the east, into Oak Avenue. 
Rose, encircles the whole base of Harvard Hill. 

Rosemary, from Jasmine to Hawthorn Path, circling round into, and out of Temple Ilill. 
Sedge, easterly from Fir Avenue, curving northerly, to Heath Path. 
Sorrel, from Spruce Avenue, westerly, curving southwest, to Fir Avenue. 
Snowberry, west of the gate, from Pine Avenue, southeasterly, to Central Aveime. 
Snowdrop, westerly from Walnut Avenue, to Pilgrim Path. 
Spirrea, from Fir Avenue, southwesterly, to Mistletoe Path. 

Sumac, southerly, from Moss, near Central Square, to Violet Path and Laurel Av. 
Sweet Brier, from the south of Juniper Hill, southeasterly, to Chestnut Avenue. 
Thistle, southeast from Walnut Avenue, curving westerly, to Spruce Avenue. 
Trefoil, southwesterly, from Walnut Avenue, to Spruce Avenue. 
Tulip, westerly, " '• " to Trefoil Path. 

Verbena, southeasterly, from Spruce Avenue, to Fir Avenue. 

Vine, (near Consecration Dell,) from Moss Path, near Central Square, to Iris Path. 
Violet, easterly, from Walnut Avenue, curving northerly, to Ivy Path. 
Woodbine, encircles the whole base of Cedar Hill. 
Yarrow, of two parts, westerly, from Pine Av. to Fir, curving round to Pine Av. again. 



6 
DIRECT GUIDE 

THROUGH MT. AUBURN CEMETERY. . 

IF APPROACHED FROM BOSTON SIDE, THE FRONT LINE OF THE 

CEMETERY IS FROM THE EAST POINT OF THE COMPASS TO \ 

THE WEST; AND CENTRAL AVENUE, FRONTING, AND FROM ; 

THE GATE, IS FROM THE NORTH TO THE SOUTH. j 

From the gate, advance in front np Central Ave, and on the left, on an | 
elevated plot is the monument to Spurzheim, and a little farther, is the 
metal bronzed statue of Bowditch, in a sitting posture ; then turn to the i 
west into Chapel Avenue, and view the beautiful Temple appropriated j 
to the sanctuary services of the grave : pass on into Pine Avenue, and : 
there are the Shaw and Dorr monuments ; continue on to the north of Pine 
Avenue which leads to Green Brier and Yarrow Paths, and there are 
the monuments to Haughton, Fessenden, Channing, Curtis, Turner, 
Bangs, the sculptured child of Binney, Doane, Gossler, with numerous 
other pillars and obelisks to meet the eye ; after this examination turn 
into Fir Avenue, at the westerly part of Yarrow Path, where are the 
monuments to Torrey, Mrs. N. P. Willis, Bates, Lincoln, Pickens, and 
many others; pass through Fir Avenue to the south, crossing Spruce 
Avenue, curving to the south-east, and then turn to the right hand into 
Walnut Avenue, and at the right hand, are Elder, Pilgrim and Snow- 
drop Paths, on a north-west line, and view the sculptured infant Frankie, 
temples of Cotting, Miles, Bush, Foss, Penniman, Shattuck and others : 
return to Walnut Avenue and pass through it, curving to the south, and 
view the monuments to Hicks, Worcester, Watson and others : then 
turn to the left into Mountain Avenue, north-westerly, and ascend Mt. 
Auburn's highest mound, 125 feet above the river Charles, from whence 
Boston, and the surrounding country may be seen. 

Then descend Mt. Auburn on the south-east, through Hazel 
Path, curving round to the north, and pass on to Harvard Hill at the 
north-east ; here the eye will greet the mausoleums to Andrews, Kirk- 
land, Ashmun, Hoffman, and officers of Harvard University, and also to 
some of the students : descend into Rose Path, at the south-west, which 
encircles its base, to the eastward: then turn to the right hand into^ 
Sweet Briar Path, and continue to its south-east termination, and there| 
is a mausoleum to Coffin ; then turn to the left hand into Chesnut Ave- 
nue, and at its junction with Hawthorn path, is the Tremont Strangers. 
Tomb; continue north-west through Hawthorn path which leads to| 
Cedar Hill, where are the monuments to Hildreth, Appleton and others: 
easterly, is Rosemary Path at the base of Temple Hill, where is thai 



monument of Z. B. Adams and others; from thence southwest, round 
Cedar Hill, is Ivy Path, which curves round to the north, and at the 
end of this branch of it, a little to the west, is Consecration Dell, where 
are monuments to Stanton, Watts, Waterson, Leverett, Dana, &c. 
leave Consecration Dell at its north-west corner, and pass into Vine 
Path, crossing Moss Path by the monument to Stearns, on to Central 
Square, where are monuments to Hannah Adams, Murray, Gray and 
others ; at the north-west of Central Square is Poplar Avenue curving to 
the east; and there may be seen mementos, to Munson, Mrs. Ellis and 
others; then turn round to the left into the eastern line of Willow Ave- 
nue, curving round into its western line, and there are obelisks or 
mausoleums to Randall, Chamberlain, Thayer, Tuckerman, Mrs. Gan- 
nett, Lowell, Mason, Howard and others ; leaving Willow Avenue at 
its south-west corner, turn to the right through Poplar Avenue into 
, Alder Path, to the north ; and see a monument to Wetmore, Greenleaf, 
i and others ; pass into Narcissus Path northerly, around Forest Pond and 
■ view the monuments to Story, Webster, Oxnard, Rich, Durgin, Faxon, 
Winchester and others : at the north curve of Forest Pond is Catalpa 
I Path, on an east line to Indian Ridge Path, where those to Brimmer, 
Bond, Seaver, Greenleaf, Patterson, Wadsworth, Francis, and others are 
erected : then return to Catalpa Path west, to Linden Path, near to Beach 
Avenue, where are monuments to Tappan, Thaxter, Raymond and 
others ; pass through Beach Avenue to the south, where are the monu- 
ments of Bigelow, Coolidge, Putnam, &c. then turn round to the right 
hand into Central Avenue, where are the monuments of Harnden, Gibbs, 
Peck, Burges, Abbe, Clary, and the sculptured watch dog of Perkins : 
turn to the left hand into Cypress Avenue, near the centre of Central 
Avenue, and view the monuments of Hewins, Tisdale, Buckminster, 
Cleveland, Lawrence, Herwig and others; continue through Cypress 
Avenue, curving to the south, and there is the Public lot, with numerous 
shafts and mementos to friends, with a singular horrizontal slab to the 
memory of M. W. B,, and a little north-west of the Public lot, on Eglan- 
I tine Path, is the sculptured figure of Christ, blessing little children : 
return through the south part of Cypress Avenue, then turn round to the 
left, into Cedar Avenue, leading to the north, where are monuments to 
Giidley, Hayward, Benjamin, and others ; continue to the right hand 
through part of Cypress Avenue, to Central Avenue, passing the statue 
of Bowditch, and view the monument to the officers lost in the exploring 
expedition, and others ; after which, a return to the gate on the north, 
may be made direct. 



GASPER SPURZHEIMj BORN DEC. 31, 1775. LOT 181. 

This eminent and talented lecturer in the cause of science and hu- 
manity, was born on the banks of the Moselle, at Longvich; was edu- 
cated at the college of Treves, and destined for the church ; but the 
war with France, in 1797, dispersed the students, when Spurzheim 
went to Vienna, a pupil to Dr. Gall, and became his partner : they com- 
menced their lectures on Phrenology, in 1804 : the next year ihey were 
in Germany, teaching the science to academic Professors : in 1807, and 
till 1813, in Paris: in 1814, TDr. S. went to England and Scotland; he 
tarried there three years ] then returned to Paris, and espoused an ac- 
complished lady : in 1832 he visited this country, landing at New York, 
and died in Boston, Nov. 10, 1832. 

The most expressive tokens of regard and respect, and of mournful 
regret, were shown at his decease, by the government of the University 
at Cambridge, and an Eulogy pronounced by Dr. Follen ; the following 
ode by Rev. John Pierpont, was written for the occasion. 



Stranger, there is bending o'er thee 

Many an eye wiih sorrow wet : 
All our stricken hearts deplore thee 

\Vho, tiiat knew thee, can forget? 
Who forget what thou hast *poken ? 

AVho, thine eye, — thy noble frame? 
Bnt that golden bowl is broken, 

In the greatness of thy fame. 

Autumn's leaves shall fall and wither, 

On the spot where thou shalt rest ; 
'Tis in love we bear thee thither, 

To thy mourning mother's breast : 
For the Stores of science brought us, 

For the charm thy goodness gave ; 
For the lessons thou hast taught us, 

Can we give thee but a grave ? 



Nature's priest, how pure and fervent 

Was thy worship at her shrine ! 
Friend of nian^ — of God the servant. 

Advocate ot truth divine, — 
Taught and charmed as by no other, 

We have been and hope to be ; 
But while ■waiting round thee, brother. 

For thy light, — 'tis dark with thee ! — 

Dark with thee ! no ; thy Creator, 

All whose creatures and whose laws 
Thou did'st love, — shall give thee greater 

Iwght than earth's, as earth withdraws. 
To thy God, thy godlike spirit 

Back we give in filial trust ; 
Thy cold clay — we grieve to bear it 

To its chamber — but we must. 




HON. NATHANIEL BOWDiTCH, L L. D. Died March 16, 1838 

The Bowditch Statue is placed about midway on Central Avenue, 
at the junction of Central and Chapel Avenues : the figure is of a 
Metalic composition (whose weight is about 2500.) representing that 
supreme Mathematician in a contemplative, studious, sitting .attitude • 
with his volume of " Mecanique Celeste,'^ on which he rests his right 
arm, as if it were fully sufficient for the support of a more important part: 
that of mind, talent, industry and character; and beside him is a tome 
from his mathematical energies, of equally important contents : — that of 
his " AMERICAN NAVIGATOR," whoreby most of the ships and floating 
craft on the broad expanse of ocean, which covers 3-5ths of the earth, are 
guided and directed safely to their destined port, if the elements of 
nature permit : — and next to that, is the Globe over which he traversed 
as a navigator many years ; and which furnished his gigantic mind with 
the only basis for his immortal productions, and caused him to out-reach 
every one of his age in the abstruse yet sublime study of mathematics ; 
to become President of the American Academy of Arts andSciences, and 
to be invested w^ith the collegiate degree of Doctor of Laws ; — and yet, 
he set out in life with a common school education, and was brought up 
as a sailor boy from the port of Salem, Mass. ; he removed to Boston in 
1823, and died at the age of 65 years. 

This statue is the first full length, cast metal figure, ever accomplish- 
ed in this country : it was the work of Ball Hughes with his better half: 
they together formed this Chef d'Oeuvre in metal statuary. 




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REV. WILLIAM ELLERY CHANNING, D.D. GREEN BRIER PATH. 

Rev. Dr. Wm. E. Channing was bora in Newport, R. I. April 7th. 
1780, and graduated from Harvard University in 1798 : was ordained 
Pastor of Federal street Church June 1,1803, and died Oct. 2d. 1842, in 
the 40th year of his Ministry and in the 63d year of his age : respected 
and beloved on both sides of the great Ocean. 




LOT 714. A MONUMENT ON YARROW PATH, 

On the lot of Mr. Elisha Turner of Dedham, has been much liked 
for its simple adornment of a Pall, and its correct proportions. 




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LOT 681. dexter's sculpture 

Of Emily, is on Yarrow Path, at the north-west part of the Cemetery; 
It IS a good specimen of the art of sculpture and interesting to the eye! 







ZACHARIAH HICKS. LOT 168, WALNUT AVENUE. 

"I saw an aged man upon his bier: 

His hair was thin and white, and on his brow 

A record of the cares of many a year ; — 
Cares thai were ended and forg-oiten now : 

And there was sadness round, and faces bowed, 
And women's tears fell fast, and children wailed aloud." 




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HENRY ANDREWS, LOT 930. AMARANTH PATH. 

" Not lost, but gone before." 

'•For scarce upon our infant eyes, 

The sprinkled dew of baptism dries, 
E'er the thick frost of manhood's care. 
And death's strong icy seal is there.'' 




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JOHN THORNTON KIRKLAND, L L. D. HARVARD HILL. 

John Thornton Kirkland was President of Harvard University from 
1810, to 1828; which was a prosperous era for that institution: it was 
crowded with students, but his generosity kept him pennyless durino- the 
whole term : he loved his mother; in his memorandum book, he wrote 
^'- one misfortune befel me in my junior year, which this world can never 
' repair; my mother, on 23d Jan. 1788, died: the highest pleasure I 
' could ever enjoy was that of pleasing her." he died April 26, 1840 JE 69. 




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He died April 1st, 1833, aged 33 5'eais. 

'•Instructive emblem of lliis mortal stale ! 
AVliere scenes as various every hour arise 
In swift succession, \\jiicli tlie 1 and of Faie 
Presents, then wJurls iliem from our wandering' eyc«. 

Be taught, vain man, how fleetiiiij all thy joys, 
Thy boasted grandeur and thy pliitering store : 
Death comes and ail tliy fanc-ietl bliss destroys, 
Quick as a dream it fades and is nv more. 

Throug-h eartli's tlirouired visions while we toss foilorn, 
'Tis inmuli all, and rage, and restless strile, 
IJut those shall vanish like the dreams of morji 
\Vlion dcaih av/akes us to ininmrial life." 




MONUMENT TO HOFFjIAX. COLLEGE LOT, 

'^In piemory of a beloved and only sen, Frederick William. 5cn of 
David and Mary Hoffman, of Ballimore, Maryland, Accompanied bv 
his parents for Italy, he died at Lyons, France, on the 30lh of November 
1S33, aged 17 years." 




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GEORGE \V. COFFIN. LOT 35, CHESTNUT AVENUE. 

I ivill not leave yon comfortless and will come unto you. 

Hon. Peleo- Coffia, born Sept. 1756, died March 6. 1805. 

Eunice Coffin, widow of the Hon. Peleg Coffin, born April 1st, 1755, 

died Dec. 5th, 1838, aged 81 vears and 8 months. 




TREMONT OR STRANGERs' TOMB. LOT 324, CHESTNUT AVENUE. 

Owned by the Proprietors of the Tremonl House, Boston ; built in 
1833, of a pentagonal form, one side being occupied by the descending- 
entrance steps, and on each of the other four sides, are three rows of 
horizontal cells, having three cells each, making 36 in all : if the re- 
mains are permanently deposited, the cell is closed with a marble tab- 
let, bearing the name of the deceased, &c. 




CHARLES T. HILDRETH. LOT 291, JASMINE PATH, 

Charles T. Hildreth, died March 8, 1843, aged 45 years, 
Wra. Hildrelh, born July 8, 1824, died Oct. 20, 1830 ; 
Son of Charles T. and Elizabeth Hildreth. 




Z. B. ABAMS, LOT 435, ROSEMARY PATH. 



■"And is tliis all — this mournful doom? 
Beams no glad ligiit beyond ihe lonib? 
Marl: iiow yon clouds in darlcness ride; 
They do not quench the orb they hide ; 
-Siilliherc ii \vhee!s — ihe lempesl o'er 



I In a bright sky to burn once more ; 
So, far above the clouds of lime, 
Faith can behold a world sublime — 
There when the storms of life are past, 
The light beyond-, shall break atiast." ' 




:iiONUMENTS AT THE JUNCTION OF IVY AND ASTER PATHS. LOT 407, 

The centre Shaft is in memory of the late Francis Stanton, merchant, 
and the riiiht and left monuments are to the late Joshua Blake and to 
George Hallet. 




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FREDERICK P. LEVERETT. LOT 54, VINE PATH. 

Matilda, wife of F. P. Leverett. died April 17, 1834, aged 20 years. 
Frederick P. Leverett died Oct. 5lh, 1836, aged 33 years. 

His hope ive trust ivas in Christ. 

•'The distinguished reputation of a scholar, the exalted integrity of a^i 
man, -the noble qualities which grace a husband, fatlier, son, brolher,^ 
friend, as they were his, won the piaise and love of every heart : so' 
are they his just memorial. Qnls desiderio sit pndor aul modus Tarn i 
chari capitis." 




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WM. A. STEARNS. LOT 646. MOSS PATH. MON. TO SAM'l H. STEARNS. 

"Ay, freely hath the tear been given — and free|y hath gone forth 
The sigh of grief, that one like thee should pass away from earth ; 

But those who mourn thee, mourn thee not like those to whom is given 
No soothing hope, no blissful thoughts of pafted friends in Heaven: 

They feel that thou wast summoned to the Christian's high reward, — 
The everlasting joys of those whose trust is in the Lord." 




REV. JOHN MURRAY. LOT 587. MOSS PATH. 

Preacher for the first Universalist society in Boston. Born in Alton 
Eng., Dec. 10, 1741, died in Boston, Sept. 3, 1815. 

='The Seul !— the Soul ! with its eye of fire, 

Thus, thus shall it soar when its foes expire ; 
It shall spread its wings o'er the ills that pained, 

The evils that shadowed, the sins that stained, 
It shall dwell where no rushing cloud hath sway 

And the pageants of earth shall have melted away. ^ 




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REV. FREDERICK T. GRAY: LOT 46. 

At the junction of Ivy and Moss Paths fronting Central Square, is ai 
lowly, neat monument of a Bible opened, encircled with a branch off 
Olive, resting on an inclined slab, supported by a marble base. 



' 'How beautiful on all the hills 

The crimson light is shed ! 
'Tis like the peace the Christian gives 

To mourners round his bed. 

How mildly on the wandering- cloud 

The sunset beam is cast 1 
'Tis like the memory left behind 

When loved ones breathe their last." 



"And now, above the dews of night. 
The yellow star appears ; 

So faith springs in the heart of those 
Whose eyes are bathed in tears. 

But soon the morning's happier light 

Its glory shall restore, 
And eyelids that are sealed in death 

Shall wake to close no more." 




THOMAS WETMORE, LOT 581, ALDER PATH, 

Wm. Wetmore, born Got. 30, A. I>. 1749, died Nov. 18, A. D. 1830, 
Hester Ann Wetmore, born Feb. 17, A. D, 1790, 
Died Jan. 25, A. D. 1835, 

Blessed are the pure in heart. 




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MON. TO SAVAGE, ON GARDNER CREENLEAF's LOT NO. 74, ALDER PATH. 



"The dead, the much-loved dead ! 

Who doth not yearn to know 
The secret of their dwelling place, 

And to what land they go ? 
What heart but asks with ceaseless tone 
For some sure knowledge of its oivnV 



"Ye are not dead to us ; 

But as bright stars unseen, 
We hold that ye are ever near. 

Though death intrudes between. 
Like some thin cloud, that veils from sight 
The countless spangles of the night," 




HON. JOSEPH STORY, LL.D. LOT 313, NARCISSUS PATH. 

Front side. Joseph Story, born Sept. 18, 1779, died Sept. 10th, 1845. 
On the side. Of such is the kingdom of heaven. Caroline, borrs 
June, 1810, died Feb. 1811. Joseph, born June, 1811, died Oct. 1815,. 
Caroline, born April, 1813, died April, 1819. Mary, born April, 1814;- 
died March, 1815. Louisa, born May, 1821, died May, 1831. 




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PROFESSOR JOHN W. WEBSTER. LOT 361, NARCISSUS PATH. 

Grant Webster, Obt. 1797, JE. 80. John White, Obt. 1805, JE. 80. 
Sarah White, Obt. 1807, M. 77. Eliz. Davis, Obt. 1812, M. 76. 




CLEMENT DURGIN. LOT 433. NARCISSUS PATH, 

"Clement Durgin, Associate principal of Chauncy Hall School, Boston, 
born Sept. 29, 1802, died Sept. 30, 1833 : a student and lover of nature, in 



her wonders, he saw 



and acknowledged and 



throush them adored her 



benificent Author : his life was a beautiful illustration of his philosophy 
— ^his death, of the triumph of his faith : his pupils have reared this 
monument as an imperfect memorial of their great affection and respect." 







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NATHANIEL FAXON. LOT 384 NARCISSUS PATH. 

" There I placed 
A frail memorial, — thai when again 
I should revisit it, the thought might come 
Of the dull tide oflife^ and that pure spring 
Which he who drinks of, never shall thirst more." 




TOMB OF WM. P. WINCHESTER. 

Arthur Gilman, Architect. 



LOT 380, NARCISSUS PATH, 




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MARTIN BRIMMER. LOT 394. INDIAN RIDGE PATH, 



'•The departed ! the departed! 

They visit us in dreams, 
And they glide above our memories, 

Like shadows over streams ; 
But where the cheerful lights of home 

In constant lustre burn, 
The departed ! the departed ! 

Can never more return ! 



The good, the brave, the beautiful ! 

How dreamless is their sleep, 
Where rolls the dirge-like music 

Of the ever-tossing deep : — 
Or where the hurrying night winds 

Pale winter robes have spread, 
Above the narrow^ palaces, 

In the cities of the dead!" 




GEORGE BOND. LOT 156, INDIAN RIDGE PATH. 

"Lost Friend, I shrink to say, so frail are w^e — 
So like the brief ephemerou that wheels 
Its momentary round, we scarce can weep 
Our own bereavements, ere we haste to share 
The clay with those we mourn.' 




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BENJAMIN SEAVER. LOT 158, INDIAN RIDGE PATH. 

"I looked on manhood's towering form 
Like some tall Oak Avhen tempests blow 
That scorns the fury of the storm 

And strongly strikes its roots below : 
Again I looked — with idiot cower 
"His vacant eye's unmeaning ray 
Told how the mind of godlike power 
Passeth away." 




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I SAMUEL GREENLEAF. LOT 409, INDIAN RIDGE PATH. 

\ On front section, GREENLEAF, on the base, Charles John Cazenove, 
^died March 9th, 1834, aged 32 years. On another section, Catherine, 
Louisa Wiggins, born May 29, 1810. died Dec. 5, 1811. On another 
section, Samuel Greenleaf, died Nov. 16, 1845. aged 77 years. 




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ENOCH PATTERSON. LOT 438, INDIAN RIDGE PATH. 
'■^For this mortal must put on immortality j}^ 

TO THE MEMORY OF DAVID PATTERSON. 

" He sleeps beneath the blue lone sea, 
He lies where pearls the deep, 
He was the loved of all ; yet none 
O'er his low bed may weep." 




ALEXANDER WADSWORTH. LOT 431 INDIAN RIDGE PATH. 

An infant son, bom March 25, died March 29, 1837. 

'^Before the heart might leani j "^ShalS love with weak embrace 

In waywardness to stray, ( Thy heavenward flight detain ? 

Before the foot could turn I No ! Angels seek thy place 

The dark and downward way ; " | Among yon cherub-train." 




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NATHANIEL FRANCIS. LOT 333, INDIAN RIDGE PATH. 

On the front, Nathaniel Francis, and on the side, Eliza, wife of Nathl. 
Francis, died Sept. 2, 1833, ai^-ed 49 years. Ann, daughter of Nathl. 
land Eliza Francis, died June 8th, 1841, aged 26 years. 




MR. JOHN TAPPAN's MONUMENT. LOT 307. 

At the junction of Linden and Narcissus Paths is a broken shaft, as an 
;mblem of an unfinished course of life ; with a rose bush limb, from 
yhich five of its flowers and buds have been broken off, leaving five 
•oses on the principal stem ; betokening the number of the social circle 
ilive and deceased. 




LEVI THAXTER. LOT 406, LINDEN PATH. 

God is love. 

Mrs. Lydia Thaxter, died Feb. 4, 1811, aged 28 years. 
Jonas W. Thaxter, died Oct. 14, 1815, aged 4 years. 
Lucy W. Thaxter, died Aug. 23, 1817, aged 1 year. 




DR. JACOB BIGFLOW. 



LOT 116, BEACH AVENUE. 



Dr. Jacob Bigelow, President of the board of Trustees : he was one i 
the first founders of the Cemetery, and has promoted its growth and ii 
terests by unwearied exertions during the 23 past years since its coi 
secration. .^ 




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JESSE PUTNAM. LOT 473, BEACH AVENUE. 

' Jesse Putnam, long known as the father of the Merchants of Boston, 
)t claimed by himself, but accorded by others in consideration of the 
telligence, energy and integrity with which for more than half a cen- 
ry, at home and abroad, he followed and adorned his profession : he 
ed April 14, 1837, aged 83 years." 




THE NEWFOUNDLAND WATCH DOG 



On Lot No. 108, on Central Avenue, belonging to Mr. Thomas H. 
irkins, Jr. is much admired ; — and as history makes record of so many 
\s of fidelity, watchfulness and sagacity of the Dog, it is here consid- 
d appropriate to place him, as an apparent guard to the remains of 
5 family who were his friends ; — it was beautifully sculptured in Italy 
m the purest Italian marble. 







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ON CYPRESS AVENUE. 



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ENGRAVER 8c PRINTER, 104 WASHINGTON STREET, BOSTON, 

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